Cleaning and polishing composition



Patented Nov. 9 1937 PATENT OFFICE.

enema AND romsnmo oourosrrron Lowell C. Allen ancLBryan B. Doughty,Bellevllle, 111.

No mam. Application March as, 19:5,

Serial No. 13.115

1 Claim. (Cl. 87-5);

Our invention relates to means for non-injuriously and easily removingdust and other superflcial accumulations from a surface, and in such away asto impart a polish to the surface which 5 is non-oily incharacter, and among the important objects of our invention are toprovide means of the character indicated which will prevent the looseneddust and dirt from injuring the surface from which loosened during the'cleaning and polishing operation; to provide means of the characterindicated which avoids. smearing of the loosened particles on thesurface so as to prevent theformation of a film on the surface, andleaves the surface clean and dry and unmarred.

Another important object of our invention is to provide a substance forimpregnating polishingand cleaning cloths, which produces a surfacecleaning medium of the character indicated above.

I Another important object of our invention is to provide a combinationof impregnating substance and a special character of cleaning andpolishing cloth, whereby the particles which are loosened during thecleaning and polishing oper- 5 ations are caused to move away from thesurface and into the interstices of the cloth, so as to be preventedfrom coming into injurious contact with the surface.

Another important object of our invention is to provide a dusting andpolishing cloth of the character indicated above which can be repeatedlywashed without causing deterioration of either the cloth itself or theimpregnated substance.

Other objects and advantages of our invention will be apparent from areading of the following description and explanation, wherein forpurposes of illustration we have set forth a preferred embodiment of ourinvention.

While the impregnating solution of the invention about to be describedcan be successfully used in conjunction with and incorporated in anycloth suitable for dusting and polishing surfaces, particularly highlypolished surfaces, the

most advantageous embodiment of the invention is composed of a finemesh" and soft cloth, providing interstices into which the particles ofdust and dirt loosened from the surface being polished may be pushed andmay climb, so as to depart from the surface and become embedded in thecloth, instead of being merely attached to the outer surface of thecloth and in positions to scratch the surface and smear thereon, astakes place with ordinary cleaning and polishing cloths.

I An example of a suitable cloth for the last mentioned embodiment ofthe invention is fine mesh cheese cloth.

The selected cloth is treated with the impregnated solution by immersingthe cloth in the solution and then permitting the cloth and solution todry. Thorough saturation can usually be accomplished with a singlecomplete immersion of. the cloth in the solution. When dry theimpregnated cloth is ready for use.

The solution which we employ for impregnating the cloth and impartingthereto the qualities and characteristics enumerated in the statedobjects of the invention is composed substantially of the followingingredients in the proportions set forth:-

' Percent (by volume) The purpose and function of the parafline oil isto give adhesive quality to the fine mesh of the cloth, to clean andremove any dust or other foreign matter on the surface to be cleaned andpolished, and to prevent the dust and other particles from being merelyagitated and 'moved about on the surface during the cleaning andpolishing operations. Attention is called to the fact that the parafllneoil herein recited is not parafilne wax, such as has been usedheretofore in this art. The parafllne oil does not leave the film andoily surface condition which is inevitable in the use of an adequatequantity of wax.

The purpose and function of the pure apple vinegar is to neutralize theparafllne oil in such a way as to prevent the production of a greasy andoily film on the surface being cleaned and polished, as well as toprevent the dirt and other particles already adhering to the cloth fromsmearing and smudging on the surface being operated upon.

The purpose and function of the turpentine is to give the surface apolished, glossy and shining 4 ing appearance of the surface operatedupon, as

well as to act as a preservative of the surface cleaned and polished. Y

The ingredients of the invention as set forth above cannot besubstituted for or materially changed in proportions without sacrificingadvantages inherent in the invention. For instance, it less than 95% ofwater were to be used for forming the solution, the remainingingredients would be in a too concentrated form. The large amount ofwater tends to spread the neutraliaed oil ingredients which wouldotherwise produce a too greatly oil saturated cloth.

Although we have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment ofour invention, it is to be definitely understood that we do not desireto limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change orchanges may be made in the resultant of a mixture of approximately 95%0t water,3% oi parafllne oil, 1% of vinegar,

of turpentine, and /2% of linseed oil.

LOWELL C. ALLEN.

BRYAN B. DOUGHTY.

